Speaking Advocates: The Start of Something New

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

Celebrate the start of 2019 with the Speaking Advocates and share stories about new beginnings and fresh starts!

Speaking Advocates: First Crush

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

As February is the month of love, the Speaking Advocates will share stories of first love -- be it an unrequited crush, love at first sight, a case of high school sweethearts, however you interpret the theme.

Speaking Advocates: Home Ain’t What It Used To Be

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

This month the Speaking Advocates invite you to share the ways in which your perception of home has shifted over time and how you have changed in the process.

Speaking Advocates: Funny Family Stories

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

Join the Speaking Advocates this month to celebrate the odd and funny characters that fill our families and leave us with lasting memories that continue to bring smiles to our faces year after year.

Speaking Advocates: Summer Daze

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share summertime adventure stories. Anything from childhood summer camp to exciting vacations and more!

Speaking Advocates: Independence

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share your own definition of independence: what does independence look like for you, what are the obstacles that stand in your way to a self-determined life, how do you become independent?

Speaking Advocates: Moments of Growth

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

Join the Speaking Advocates this month to share the definitive moments that provided you the opportunity to grow into the person you are now. What circumstances or knowledge compelled you to evolve? What insights did you glean from these spurts of growth? And how do these moments continue to shape who you are, and who you want to be?

Speaking Advocates: Shake It Off!

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

This month we invite you to speak about the moments where shedding the past became your only way forward, where casting the weight of the outgrown lightened your load just enough to carry on. What are the things you had to shake off, however haltingly? What new opportunities emerged in their place?

Speaking Advocates: Something Funny Comes This Way

AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United States

Our Opening Minds, Opening Doors Speaking Advocates group is free and meets the last Saturday of every month from 1-3 PM in Room 161 of the AGE of Central Texas Building. We welcome adults with disabilities who are interested in presenting stories and meeting other speakers.

Speaking Advocates: What Ruffles Your Feathers

AGE Building Rm 161 3710 Cedar Street, Austin, Texas

As we approach the New Year, let’s take a moment to vent and get a few things off our chest. Maybe in doing so we can start fresh in 2020.

Speaking Advocates: What Inspires Us

AGE Building Rm 161 3710 Cedar Street, Austin, Texas

This month's Speaking Advocates theme is "What Inspires Us". The experiences of people with disabilities are frequently distorted as inspiration for non-disabled people. The term "inspiration porn," coined […]

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